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I’d like to introduce you to BLU.... or to be more exact, DB2 with BLU Accelerator. This is an incredible piece of technology that was created by technical geniuses from IBM. DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration uses a revolutionary combination of columnar data store, memory optimization and hardware exploitation to deliver a quantum leap in performance for analytical workloads without the cost or limitations of in-memory-only systems. BLU Acceleration allows organizations to gain the agility they need to satisfy their customers... [More]

We’ve been talking about this release for the past few months and the time is now here where the product is available to be purchased. You can begin realizing the amazing benefits of this technology at once. Rather than tell you what DB2 BLU is, I’m going to tell you what others are saying about it. DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Product website : Here you’ll find the official announcement information about the product and IBM contact information if you need prices... [More]

IBM Innovate 2013 is a Technical Summit that provides insights that you need to stay ahead..... and it takes place June 2 - 6 in Orlando Florida. This Summit offers over 450 outcome-driven sessions, including quite a few that are focused on the ever popular Big Data area. If you are attending the conference, you should consider attending these Big Data sessions: BD-1962 : Agility in a Relational Database World - Dynamic Schema with JSON and DB2 Speaker: William Bireley, IBM Today's... [More]

We had another great tweetchat this week. The topic was Storing Big Data . Once again we had many contributors to the conversation. You can follow the conversation with the storify summary created by Crysta Anderson: Storify of Storing Big Data Tweetchat Once again I mined the tweets to come up with a list of suggested reading materials to complement this topic. And a great list it is! Thanks to all who recommended these articles. Big Data Pointless without Integration by Mark A. Smith... [More]

Get ready for another action packed tweetchat! Join us April 24 at noon (eastern) to discuss the topic Storing Big Data . Join us to listen or contribute! You don't need to be on twitter to "listen", but you do to contribute to the conversation. Here's what you do: Go to tweetchat.com Sign in with your twitter handle Search on #bigdatamgmt A new window will open that makes it easy for you to follow & contribute. And you'll see the comments come flying. It is very fast... [More]

Join us tomorrow at noon (eastern) for another Tweetchat. The topic: Enterprise Challenges of Incorporating Hadoop will surely be an exciting one. Panelists: Jeff
Kelly - Technology Market Analyst for Wikibon and contributor to
Silicon Angle; James Kobielus - IBM Big Data Evangelist and ex-Forrester
Analyst; Nancy Kopp - PureData Product Marketing Join us to listen or contribute! You don't need to be on twitter to "listen", but you do to contribute to the conversation. Here's what you do: Go to tweetchat.com Sign in with your... [More]

Another great tweetchat on the hashtag #bigdatamgmt ! The topic for this one was In-Memory for Big Data Management Once
again, we had an active group of experts leading the discussion and
were very pleased at the responses from other attendees. Thanks to all
who contributed their time and expertise! Here is a summary of the
discussion: Question 1: What is in-memory tech? How does it enable real-time speed-of-thought analytics? BigDataAlex A1: In-Memory Computing (IMC) utilizes RAM-DRAM for extremely fast I/O, moving us away from... [More]

While listening to this excellent podcast " Talking Big Data " which is a conversation between Data Expert Jean-Marc Blaise and Big Data Expert Leon Katsnelson , I learned about another technology preview that I wish to share with you. Leon called the IBM Big SQL Technology “easier than hadoop”. We want to know if you think Leon’s statement is
accurate. To do so, download the software, give it a try, and give us
your feedback. Here are the details. What is Big SQL? IBM
Big SQL is new and exciting technology that extends the... [More]

In-Memory for Big Data Management Tweetchat March 27 at 12:00 noon ET Panelists
James Kobielus, analysts from Wikibon and SiliconANGLE, and IBM
Champions Alex Philp, Cristian Molaro, Craig Mullins, Cuneyt Goksu and
others will be tweeting about this topic. Join us to listen or contribute! You don't need to be on twitter to "listen", but you do to contribute to the conversation. Here's what you do: Go to tweetchat.com Sign in with your twitter handle Search on #bigdatamgmt A new window will open that makes it easy for you to... [More]

A
database expert is in a critical position to become a hero in this big
data era. Why? Because you know data.. you know your database. Now you
need to know how to expand your knowledge to find the secrets lying
dormant in your awesome data. To
help you, I'm posting this podcast which is a conversation between
database expert & IBM champion Jean-Marc Blaise and Big Data expert
Leon Katsnelson. Perhaps you have the same question? Listen & find
out! " Talking Big Data" podcast Beyond this podcast, we have many... [More]

I
must admit that “March Madness” is a new term for me. I had to ask a
colleague to explain it to me. Apparently it is the annual frenzied US
college basketball playoffs. I’m in Canada and not much of a sports
fan, so you can forgive my ignorance! We've
had so many conversations about which big data considerations are the
most pressing, so we decided to create our own "tournament" called
“IBM’s Smart Sixteen” to find out which considerations are most
important to you - and your peers. Check out our bracket and... [More]

Another great tweetchat on the hashtag #bigdatamgmt ! Here are the results: 625 tweets, 157 users, 153,849 reach, 1,849,624 impressions This is the recap of the Mobile Data tweetchat for questions 6 and 7. See also Recap of Tweetchat: "Mobile Data: Taking Your Big Data On the Road" - Part 1 and Recap of Tweetchat: "Mobile Data: Taking Your Big Data On the Road" - Part 2 Q6 What types of insight are orgs getting from mobile generated bigdata? craigmullins A6: Proximity and buying patterns can be used to target... [More]

Another great tweetchat on the hashtag #bigdatamgmt ! Here are the results: 625 tweets, 157 users, 153,849 reach, 1,849,624 impressions This is the recap of the Mobile Data tweetchat for questions 4 and 5. See also Recap of Tweetchat: "Mobile Data: Taking Your Big Data On the Road" - Part 1 Q4 Does mobile big data require different retention policies? BigDataAlex A4:Retention for mobility is a key factor: do we really need to remember every location we have been - It links back to privacy craigmullins A4: Data is retained for... [More]

Another great tweetchat on the hashtag #bigdatamgmt ! Here are the results: 625 tweets, 157 users, 153,849 reach, 1,849,624 impressions And.. we expect traffic for the rest of the day, so these stats may increase! Once
again, we had an active group of experts leading the discussion and
were very pleased at the responses from other attendees. Here is a
summary of the discussion: Q1 Which enterprise initiatives require mobile access to bigdata? craigmullins A1: Marketing and sales initiatives are ripe areas for mobile bigdata support... [More]

The GigaOM Structure:Data Conference is taking place next week in New York City: March 19-21. Our
very own Paul Zikopoulos will be speaking at the conference... so make
sure you add that to your agenda. Oceanic Suite 1:05 pm, Wednesday
March 20. Paul’s
talks are both entertaining and informative. Another draw is that Paul
will be handing out and signing copies of his book "Harness the Power
of Big Data." For more details about the conference, see GigaOM Structure: Data Conference . ... [More]

Our next tweetchat is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13 at noon ET. Here are the details: IBM Tweetchat – Mobile Data: Taking Your Big Data On the Road - March 13. Use the hashtag: #bigdatamgmt .
You don’t have to be on twitter to “listen” to the conversation.
Simple Google the hashtag. If you are on twitter, here is a tip from
organizer Wikibon: As for the Twitter client, the easiest things to use
is tweetchat.com. Just log on using your twitter handle, enter the
hashtag #bigdatamgmt and it will set up a easy-to-use... [More]

What are you sacrificing for the promise of big data? Many
of today's companies are making trade-offs in areas of security and
governance to leverage the promise of big data. Can you have both? There
have been several responses to this question. First off, I’d like to
point you to the tweetchat that took place on Wednesday, February 27.
Several experts, including Jeff Kelly of Wikibon discussed the topic:
Garbage In/Garbage Out and data governance’s role in the big data era.
This was a very exciting event and all who... [More]

Yesterday I posted a recap of the first 4 questions from the TweetChat that took place yesterday at Big Datamgmt focused on governance to avoid a data landfill: " Getting Control of Data in Big Data Era ". My blog wouldn't take all of the data that I collected, so here are questions 5-8. Q5 Once you decide what data to keep, how do you make sure it goes to the right systems and people? jeffreyfkelly From a developer perspective, Big Data app dev tools need to improve, make it easier to deliver insight to business users.... [More]

Today I spent an hour taking part in the TweetChat at Big Datamgmt focused on governance to avoid a data landfill: http://t.co/j2wojSb9Hf: "Getting Control of Data in Big Data Era" Well,
it went too fast for me to actually be a contributor, so I was
participating as a reader / listener. This kept me busy enough since by
the end we had generated a fair about of Big Data ourselves: 647 tweets, 180 users with reach of 136,229 & 1,506,585 impressions . Who were the experts? dvellante BigDataAlex Natasha_D_G BTRG_MikeMartin... [More]

A
tweetchat happens when a group of people all tweet about the same topic
using a specific hashtag that allows it to be followed on Twitter. We have one planned on Wednesday, February 27 at noon ET , so you can give it a try! Follow #bigdatamgmt to
follow a discussion with panel of experts discussing how data
governance can handle big data. Our panel includes experts from across
the spectrum, including: John Furrier , SiliconANGLE Jeff Kelly , Wikibon Mike Martin , BTRG and IBM Champion Craig Mullins , Mullins Consulting and IBM... [More]